Wide Flat Sheet by Select Healthcare
- Wider format extends the low-friction slide surface for larger patients and bariatric care settings, providing full surface coverage under patients with a wider body profile where a standard-width flat sheet would not extend sufficiently across the full contact area to reduce friction effectively during lateral repositioning and transfer tasks.
- Integrated handholds provide a positive carer grip during wider-patient repositioning tasks where the additional patient weight and body width increase the manual handling force required, making a defined grip point more important for carer safety under Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
- Used singularly or in pairs for a range of repositioning tasks, with the wider format allowing use as a single sheet for tasks where standard sheets require paired use, potentially reducing the number of positioning steps required for bariatric patient repositioning in confined ward bed spaces.
- Reusable and washable for cost-effective bariatric ward deployment, supporting CQC Regulation 12 (Safe Care and Treatment) equipment standards for patient handling aids in specialist bariatric care environments where wide-format equipment is a routine procurement requirement rather than an exception.
Select Healthcare Wide Flat Sheet: Wider Reusable Flat Slide Sheet for Larger and Bariatric Patients
The Select Healthcare Wide Flat Sheet is a wider-format reusable flat slide sheet designed for repositioning and transferring larger patients and those in bariatric care settings where a standard-width flat sheet does not provide sufficient surface coverage for effective friction reduction across the full patient contact area. With the same integrated handhold design as the Standard Flat Sheet for positive carer grip, the Wide format addresses the specific manual handling challenge of larger-patient care where both the force required for repositioning and the surface area requiring coverage are greater than in standard patient-weight care settings.
Used singularly or in pairs, the wide flat sheet format supports lateral turns, up-the-bed repositioning and surface-to-surface transfers in bariatric beds and standard hospital beds used for larger patients.
Product Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Brand | Select Healthcare |
| Format | Wide flat sheet (wider than standard) |
| Grip | Integrated handholds for carer grip |
| Use | Singularly or in pairs |
| Type | Reusable, washable |
| Indication | Larger patients, bariatric care environments |
Regulatory and Clinical Compliance
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 apply with particular force in bariatric patient care, where the weight and body dimensions of the patient increase the risk of musculoskeletal injury to carers during repositioning and transfer tasks. The Wide Flat Sheet reduces the friction component of the manual handling load for larger-patient repositioning, and the integrated handholds provide the defined grip that becomes more important as the force required to move a heavier patient increases. NHS trusts and care homes providing bariatric care should ensure their patient handling equipment inventory includes wide-format slide aids for larger-patient settings, as using a standard-width sheet under a bariatric patient that does not extend to cover the full contact area significantly reduces the friction-reduction benefit of the slide aid.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the Wide Flat Sheet differ from the Standard Flat Sheet in practice?
The Wide Flat Sheet is broader across its width dimension to provide coverage under patients with a wider body profile. In practice, this means it is appropriate for patients where a Standard Flat Sheet placed under the trunk area would not extend to cover both sides of the patient's body width, leaving the slide sheet ineffective at the edges where it does not reach the mattress surface. The Wide format ensures the low-friction surface extends fully across the patient's contact area, maximising friction reduction during the repositioning task. For standard-weight patients within the typical body width covered by the Standard Flat Sheet, the standard version is sufficient and the wide format is not necessary.
Is specialist bariatric training required to use the Wide Flat Sheet in a care setting?
The Wide Flat Sheet is a slide aid that requires the same general moving and handling training applicable to all patient handling aids in NHS and care home settings, not specialist bariatric training specific to the sheet itself. However, the broader context of bariatric patient repositioning - including the correct use of all equipment, the number of staff required for each task, and the risk assessment required under MHOR 1992 - should be covered in the organisation's bariatric care training programme. The specific slide sheet should be included in the manual handling equipment familiarisation component of that training so staff understand its correct use before deploying it in a bariatric patient repositioning task.
Part of our specialist Patient Moving and Handling Equipment range. Patient slide sheets reduce friction and manual handling risk for carers in residential and home care settings.
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- Wider format extends the low-friction slide surface for larger patients and bariatric care settings, providing full surface coverage under patients with a wider body profile where a standard-width flat sheet would not extend sufficiently across the full contact area to reduce friction effectively during lateral repositioning and transfer tasks.
- Integrated handholds provide a positive carer grip during wider-patient repositioning tasks where the additional patient weight and body width increase the manual handling force required, making a defined grip point more important for carer safety under Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
- Used singularly or in pairs for a range of repositioning tasks, with the wider format allowing use as a single sheet for tasks where standard sheets require paired use, potentially reducing the number of positioning steps required for bariatric patient repositioning in confined ward bed spaces.
- Reusable and washable for cost-effective bariatric ward deployment, supporting CQC Regulation 12 (Safe Care and Treatment) equipment standards for patient handling aids in specialist bariatric care environments where wide-format equipment is a routine procurement requirement rather than an exception.